Can’t I just move to Miami?
So I started the South Beach Diet - again. I was on it once a couple of years ago and I loved it - I loved how I felt on it and I lost a good amount of weight. First time around it was a little more novel, a little more do-able because of that. This time, I need to lose the weight, I am tired of eating poorly, and I need the energy I had when I was eating well on it.
The problem is the first 2 weeks. I have a hard time with the first 2 weeks. It requires a lot of planning, which is something I’ve never been all too keen on. Today was my 3rd day on it and I had a really hard time today as I had to work out this morning and with my body being in withdrawals from carbs, I had a really hard time with jogging. To make matters worse, I hadn’t eaten breakfast before leaving, save for a forkful of leftover guacamole, and when I got to work I still hadn’t eaten and was starting to get sick - and even worse, a nasty migraine was settling in.
I know it’s going to be worth it in the long run, because I noticed a decrease in migraines when I was on it last time, and have I mentioned yet how much energy I had? Yeah, that’s all well and good except that right now, I look in my cabinets and see cookies. Pasta. Cereal. Chips. Soda. The logical part of me is getting me through things now, because I look at that list and think why in the hell did I need any of that stuff, anyway? I mean, I’ll get my (icky whole wheat) pasta in 2 weeks, and I’ll be able to eat some (depressingly un-brown-sugared) oatmeal, and have the occasional sweet treat for a special occasion and hopefully by then I’ll have a better handle on my overeating problem.
Because yes, in all seriousness, I have an overeating problem. The pendulum swung back in about 1998, in the middle of my pregnancy with Isak, and I have had a hard time getting it to settle in that healthy in-between.
So wish me luck. Convince the kitchen fairy to magically turn in all the unhealthy stuff in my kitchen into cherry tomatoes and pico de gallo and roasted red bell peppers. Because those are about the only healthy things that I truly enjoy.
Counting down the days until Monday the 6th…
(12)
Krustina
Hey, can you do garbanzo beans and feta cheese? Not necessarily together… I had the best ever authentic Greek food tonight and it was actually quite close to Middle Eastern food. The yalengis were much better though. You don’t like fruit? Poor matey! I have a hard time with diets that seem unrealistic to everyday life, but good luck and I’m proud of you!
PS the real reason you overeat is because you’re depressed we don’t live closer together! Right?
Karyn
It’s not that I don’t like fruit, it’s that I can’t have fruit for the first two weeks.
This one is only unrealistic for the first 2 weeks, after that you start adding back in “normal” stuff like fruit and grains, it’s just that you learn how to be smart about them - ie., brown rice instead of white rice, whole grain breads (the kind with seeds and stuff in them, not Wheat Wonder Bread) instead of white bread, whole wheat pasta instead of white, whole fruit instead of juice, etc.
You know, Alex is from Greece…well, her family is. Like she still goes there to visit family and stuff. I’m sure if you move there they’d be able to show you around, ha ha!
Dad and Mom
Miami?? Just to be closer to the South Beach Diet?
I wonder what they might call a diet in Seattle?